The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-30 00:00:00

XONEY MARKETi AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The prospectus of the Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited) of Liverpool wilt be found in another column of Th e S un. The company, w hi c h i s brought forward under the most encouraging aus pices, is f orme d to supply a want which has l ong been feit, and its value will at once be recognised. The capital is set down at £2,000,000 in 100,000 shares at £2O each, with a first issue of 50,000 shares. One very important circumstance is that a great portion of the capital has already been sub scribed, and when the operations of the company become thoroughly known the rest will immedi ately follow. Liverpool, it will be at once admitted, enjoys an immense export and import trade, and through this most important port most of the manu factures of Lancashire and Yorkshire pass, and in this great emporium of trade not one bank at pre sent exists connected with the Mediterranean, the East Indies, China, and Australia. In London the reverse is the case, and consequently every facility exists in the metropolis for exchange transactions. To supply this long existing want the Eastern Exchange Bank has been started, and as the direc tors are all first-rate men of business, success must result to the new undertaking. The headquarters of the bank of course will be in Liverpool, but branches will be immediately formed in Alexandria, Bombay, Calcutta, China, and Australia, and others will follow as the business of the company is deve loped, In addition to this arrangeruents will be made for London business by the organisation of a first-class banking agency on advantageous terms. Thom as M'Coaaas, Esq., of old Broad-street, City, and W. Traver Roper, Esq., director of the Com mercial Bank of India, have joined the board of directors of the Independent Fire Insurance Com pany. We learn that the capital stook of this company is being rapidly subscribed for. The European Cattle Importing Company an• nounce that Mr. Samuel H. Page, of Upper Glou cester.street, has strengthened its direction. Increased stringency is apparent:in the general discount market, and quotations are rather higher, 7 per cent. being the lowest rate for even very prime Paper. The supply of Mexican dollars by the French packet Tampico were sold yesterday at ss. 21d. per ounce, showing a fall of id. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £765,854, and the exports to X 451,205. Two o'CLocx. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 661.750., securities being offered. The Stock Exchange Markets have closed amidst acme confusion owing to extensive sales to close speculative engagement, Monday being a holiday, and a statement t hat the Conference has been broken t'P with other discouraging rumours. Consols have receded Ito 91 8 1, for money, and 9 1 1 p i for June. The New Threes and Reduced are 891 ; Exchequer Bills, 11s. to 4s. die. ; India 5 per Cents., 10581 ; and do. 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1031. An important drop has also taken place in the value of all the principal speculative Foreign Stocks, and sales to a very large extent have been Pressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691; do., Clnsolides have declined -I, to 514 528 ; Mexican, it, to 431 449 ; do., New Scrip, I to 1, 01 dis.; Greek, 11, to 231 i; Spanish Passive, 11, to 341 35 ; the Russian Scrip, 1 to 11 1 prom. ; the Confede rate Loan, after going up to 64 65, has reached to 62 64, or about 2 per cent. higher than on the Previous evening. Very little animation was apparent today in the Railway Share Market, and the few dealings re- Ported led to no material alteration in values. Gre at Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire each improved about 10s.; while Great Eastern have declined 108., and North Stafford, 153. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain dull, at barely former quotations. In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares operations have been moderately active. London Joint Stock have receded to 48, Union of London to 581, Lon don and Brazilian to 591 1 ; while City Bank has improved to 133, and South Eastern to 61. Inter national Financial realise 11 _a s ; London Financial, 27 4; Discount Corporation, 161;; and Royal Mail Steam, 86 87. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—lmperial Bank of China, 2 8 2- prem. ; Miliwall Iro n Works, 21 1 Prem. ; Humber Iron Works, 11 2 prem.; Thames Iron Works, 21 prem. ; City Offices, 11 28 prem. ; Financial Corporation, 21 prem.; Provincial Banking Corporation, 11 2; International Land Credit, 21 a ; Otago Investment, 1 1 prem. ; Sabloniere Foreign Hotel, 1 prem.; Telegraph Construction, 1 Q prem. •••/••••••... BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 5 ~,,per Cent. Reduced '" e w 3 per Cent. New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 . . Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 .. lO6 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2 oa Mach. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 22 & 3 per Cent. 11 8 4 die Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO ...... Bank E ng land Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent ., April 1874 —s Ditto 5 per Cent. Ju l y , 1670 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates ................ DittoEnfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lO3l Ditto 51 per Cent., May , 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 . per Ct., April 1861 -- Ditto ditto ,Aug., 1866 Ditto 13onds Xl,O OO 6 dis 6 die Ditto under £l, OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent ........ Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... 90 „..,"'.• Ditto 1863 B7 Cbilian 6 per Cent — Ditto 44 per Cent C o lombian 6 per Cent BO Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons ••••.•.. — Ditto Account •"'. Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent - Ditto Account.... INloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l3i 31 Ditt o 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred .................. — Ditto Land Warra nts (Hectares) Portuguese 3 per Cen t., 1853 ............ • Ditto Account ........ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 60, 62,'3 481 I Ditto Account ............. .. Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent ............ -- Ditto Account ..... . — Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account •••• ....." Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 351 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account swc;_li sh, 4 per Cent Curkish 6 per Cent. 1654 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1856 Ditto Account ......... 691 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account..... •......f..'.....• Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Loud kustrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. 3elgiart 4/ per Cent., Lx. 25f......, — )uteh 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull., Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .talian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Accou.nt 671 TWO O'CLOCK. I lonsols Money .. 91 k 'le, 911 a D!tt. Account SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. 8 Si k. Bir., Wol., and Sir. Val. Blythe and Tyne. ..... Bost.,Sleaf.,and Bristol and Exeter .. • • Caledonian ........ Cork. and Bandon Cornwall D o A A gets no dig till 6p c.p an.haF Do. B been paid to F. Dublin & Belfast June.; Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc.l Edinburgh S. Glasgow. tilaag. and S. Western. Urea tEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock B do Gt. S. ant W. of Irelanc Great 'Western Do Str Val gua. stoz:i Lancashlte A Yorkshire London and Bluckwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So - . 11 Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t 5hare5........ ... Metropolitan 'Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby tlid. Gt. W. of Ireland 81 9 83 f 5 119 121 Do. shares Slid Kett • Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchast Do Lee is Do York Do Carlisle.. •• •• • • North London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton it Darlington, Do __ Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. ..••••••• • • • Do B Do C I:118W Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Piro IVaterford West Cornwall W. Hartlepool liar.&R West Midland --Oxlord Do Newport Do Heraord Ij Cg 3 c i e n . dens. Business Railways, 6i 7 35 37 16 17 89 91 Lo 106 47} 48 6a 7a 129 13) 13ot :37i 131 03 9l 93 e4} 110 k 1101 66 57 102 104 1 1 4Z 43 1104 111 08 99 54 55 114 JlO, 1301 131ij 100 IC2 511 621 24} 25 101 1011 - 561 671 804 901 128 131 16 2i p 77 79 lot 11} 121 123 39 40 54 66 33 85 90j 91 'lO3 105 .16f 3711 gi 10 8 8 105 17 0 5 7 3 4 p - -D 96 03 ;MONS. Cloeing Price. _ 59 11 102 103 p 61 P ft 9 77 82 77 88 77 8 2 VO 102 22 101 104 105 104 105 a 1 20 201 71 13 61 a 61 63 51 63 48 50 40 f 2 27b 23 16 103 104 102 103 101 1011 1410 f, 94 05 83 85 10 i )0P I 1i 2i 95 97 tO OZ 58 60 3 6 82 E 4 102} 1031 101 t p iP ►ot 102 95 97 MENT SECURITIES. 1311ITISII P ' , ll an luu Sk 1 Ratlways Itlantic & St Lawreno 3om.,Barocta&.Cent Ind Gu. syer cent... .1) , 3 - . New. ..... ...• E. 5hare5......... Buffalo and L axe liuron stock ste‹,k stock stook stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock; stook Do. Preferunee .. • • • • Buffalo,BrantotGo driel, 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 137, , Do. do. June 1, 18:i Cleutta. , r S. Eastn. Cape Town Dock Sail F.,w•tn. Bengal gu. 5 p. • East Indian. gu. 5 p. e. Do. do. G. Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred....• • Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred....• • Do. 3d net. stock ... Do. do. deferred.... • • Do. 4th Pref. stoAc... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndial'enin.gua. s p .e Do. New gua. 5 p. e... Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. IV, of Canada Sharer Do. New • ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with opt. od Do. 5i p. . o. '77-8.. •• Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. C. •• Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. 44 d 0... .. • • Do. Fifth Extension. Melh.Corp. 6 p. c. Buds. Melb. & Hobson' Bay. Do. 7 p. c. slortg. Bds. /Newßr usswicx ct Can& Class A and 8.. ...... N.ltl•C'da s po Ist pi bds Scinde • • Do. De1hi........ 4.: SSE Paid. all 100 100 100 100 100 lOU 100 all 100 (100 I ' 100 all 100 "klOO Do. do. .... . Do. Punjs•ub •• Do. Do. •I Do. Indus St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVEID c..au.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja 1677-S1 . I Do. p. c. Feb. ,t Aug. Do. 6 2. 0.31ar. ‘t Sept. Do. 6 p. 0. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed Etoeli 'Cape G.Hc. 6 p 0,187;1 Do.A op p & Oct. 1880 Do. 139( Do. Jan. Sr July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Maurittus,6 per cent .. Natal Gm , . 6 per cent_ N.B.Gov. p.c..) a.&Jul) 6 p. o.Ap. & 18 Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5p 1,81 Do. S p. c.,lBtx to I Do. d0.,1888 &upwdE !New Zealand 6 p cent. iNova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling„ 1875. [ 'Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c. • Aus G6p.e.1878.4; up.. Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Da to Mo. An.dcOot.. 103 105 In 104 IC2 104 90 02 89 91 106 108 107 109 ItB 110 110 112 105 197 196 108 1 ( 43 ICB ►O2 104 ggi 100 a go § 101 994 100 i 10,1 111 100 100 100 100 100 104 106 103 21 I 110 112 loi 1 i 108 109 621 491 8 102 11 BRITISH MINES. 2 Uam b r ian Conscl. Gold 1 td t..;llfrord Amalg - amated 30 2 Devon G.-. Con.. (Taviet j 1 550 660 Mast riassett(lllogan) 30 65 68 11 , ;8;3t Clogau Gold Ltd. l'East Caradon ..... .• • 9,14 .6 30 31 Cam Brea... 3.4.0 61 7 !R. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 813.0 31 41 - IGnmASt.Auhyn(Gwen 584 7 9 Great South Tolgus 178 2& 3/ G. Wheal Vor (11elstorf 40 34 36 3.51 renville 6.16. e 10 101 11 ercArs-Foot 8.12 36 38 flingston Downs 4.18.0 31 4 :Lady Bertha Il a rgaret (tiny Lelant 4 18 20 'large Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ' 21 11 95 d New Seton l9l 85 • North Downs 2f 1/ 11 Buse t(11Io ;an 3.1.0 11 24 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze> 2) , itovidenee(Uny Lelnt., 100 7 41. 43 I South Caradon(St,Cleer 1/ 450 470 —S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — heal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 40 50 lStray Park rarnar Silv.& Lead Min — Crolt lB 19 • West Basset (Illo:Tan) l4 9 10 WCf radon (Lfskeard) 5 19 21 West t.-7eton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 90 95 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 35 10 Wheal Kitty (I.l.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Jaen ) 8 111 121 Wheal Seten 584 1197/ 2024 200 Wheal Treiawney (Lie.) 7 26 24 ; Wheal Union 3.17 2 21 I ARES. ('9 PREFERENCE Si Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf. Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di cto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 135 i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 14 I Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 Great Luxembourg-, 10p, Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Ili Recite and San Francisco (limo, gua. 7 per cent., 16! ban Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 19} FOREIGN MINE& Anglo •Brazilian Gold, limited, a Cape Copper, Rm.. 120 St. John del Rey (1ina.),!47 Yudananautana of S. Australia, 1im.,13} I _ BANKS. &gra and United Service (lira), 148 &Mance (Urn.), 663 73 6 Anglo Austrian, 73 3 7 Anglo-Italian, limited, 61 Australasia, 75 Bank of utago, lim., 43 3 British and Californian, lim.,t6; f Chartered ! Ilex% of India, London, and China, 70 1 City, 133 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 East-London, Rm., 8i English and Irish, lim., 171 European Bank, Um., 14 133 Hindustan, China, and Japan a1m.),7 . 33/ I mp erial Bank (Um.), 43 3 Imper i a l Ottoman, 2t, 3 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um. e L on don Bank of Scotlan d, lim., 20; London and Brazilian aim.), 594 3 London and Colonial aim.), 15! 3 L on don Joint Stock, 50 493 48 L on don and Northern, lim., 241 4 London and South African, 271 Merchant Bank, ,2t Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 341 3 Mexican, lim., 6. National Provincial of England, 155 Ditto. new, 45 New South Wales, 57 Oriental Bank Corporation. 673 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., llf 3 South Eastern, Urn., 6 3 Standard of British South Africa (llms), 333 Union of London, 59 83 MISCELLANEOUS. Credit Foncier4lol Credit Mobider, 81 Discount Corporation, 161 Gen.FjFinancial ElectricnCe Credit Finance 2 ce 4l oiLondon, Urn., 9; Hudson's Bay, in Imperial Financial, lint., 101 t International Financial Society, Um., 11 ; Italian Irritation (Canal Cavour;, 8 Joint Stock Discount, lint., 71 London Financial Association, Um., 27,1 Madras Irrig-ation and Canal, 21 Ditto, new, 101 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lira., 21 National Discount Company, lim., 14 North British and Mercantile Insurance, Um., 20 Ottoman Financial association, lint., 5i Royal Mail Steara,B6 7 Trust and Agency Australasia, lint., Universal Marine. Insurance, 1im.,:51 Share 1 47j i i 129 i 1301& 111 6.5 j 1101 51 k 114; 13/ 1301 51} 101} it W} i Bllllillefie done THE SI7N, LOA DON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1864. bury square. I have had much experience in paralysis. I have heard Mr. Smee's evidence with respect to the state of th• testator at Sydenham, and I am of opinion there was disease of the nervous system. Judging from Mr. Smee's evidence, the disease under which Mr. Hutchinson was suffering was one affecting the base of the brain, which would tend to impair the mind more or less. The Judge Ordinary—lt was not such as would render a person incapable or incompetent. Witness—No. This being the ovidenco for the defence, Dr. Deane summed up the case on the part of the defen dant, and contended that ho had proved that in July and August Mr. Hutchinson was not in a fit state of mind to execu'o his will. The Judge Ordinary said he did not think it would he necessary to hear the counsel for the plaintiff in reply. The case presented by the plaintiff was a strong one, and he had forborne to express any O pinion until he had heard the evidence; but, having heard it, be felt no one could doubt what the decision of the Court would be. Ho therefore pronounced unhesitatingly in favour of the validity of the will. He could not but express his regret at the litigation ; but it appeared that Mr. Smee had been animated only by esteem for his relative, and not in the slightest measure to obtain personal advantage for himself or his relatives. Mr Hutchinson, he felt, had disposed of his property as he desired, and there was a total absence of proof that the slightest pressure was placed on the testator by any person resident within the Oratory. The medical gentlemen who had been called upon to give evidence during the case had all acted with that candour which Wa g to be expected from persons of their eminence, and the answer he received when he asked them whether they could nndertake to say the mind of the testator was impaired, was a frank and straightforward negative. There, therefore, had been an utter failure to impeach the validity of the will, and to carry the matter further would be going to an unjust and preposterous extent. With respect to costs he felt that the whole of them must fall on Mr. Smee, as no reasonable ground had been shown for contesting the legality of the will. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS AND HORSE. XEEPERS.—Mr. Henry Ward, omnibus proprietor, of Stanley-mews, Paddington, and Henry Cunningham, horsekeeper in his employ, appeared to answer the com plaint of Mr. Wm. Love, chief officer cf the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of causing a horse to be cruelly ill treated by sending it out while in a totally unfit state for work, The driver of the horse was charged at this court a few days since and fined 208., and the present proceedings then ordered to be taken. ➢lr. Love attended to watch the case. From the evidence of Choyce and Temperley, two of the society's officers, it appeared that while in Oxford-street they saw a man in Mr. Ward's employ driving a pair of horses attached to an omnibus laden with passengers. The off-side horse had four large raw wounds under the collar, and into which the collar was pressing. They then took the driver into custody, and he was fined 20s. Choyce afterwards saw the defendant Cunningham, who admitted harnessing the horse and sending it out; that he knew there were wounds on the horse, as he had dressed them with fuller's earth before putting on the harness, and that the horse had been ill for several days. Cunningham also told the officer that he had informed Mr. Ward that the horse was ill, and that Mr. Ward told him to keop it in. Choyce also saw Mr. Ward. who stated that he had given Cunningham orders to keep the horse in. Mr Ward said ho was not aware of the condition of the horse, sometimes not seeing his horses for a month at a time. The magistrate said the appearance of the horse was enough to make one shudder, and it was Mr Ward's duty to see the condition the horses were in before they were sent out. Mr Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon, said Mr. Ward was either very careless or reckless as to his horses, and was one amongst a few bad proprietors of horses he had had to deal with, The Magistrate said he entertained a doubt in this case whether the master could not be made responsible for the act of his servant. He should fine the defendant Cunningham 40s. or fourteen days, and discharged the defendant Ward, who, at the same time, he considered was bound in honesty to pay Cunninghaues fine. Liverpool This Day, Sales, 15,000 or 20,000 bales. Advancing. Im ports, 1,186 bales. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Oar market was seasonably well supplied with produce. Fruit commanded a steady sale at about last week's prices, and vegetables were in fair average request at full quota• tions. The currency was as follows : FRUIT, s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 Oto 10 0, , Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 01 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to i 0 0 Foreign do 2 0 to 3 OP Melons .... Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 3 0 to 4 0 ; Pears, per do u 0 to 0 0 Oranges, per 100..4 0 to 10 0 , Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries eve° 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 S. d. a d Mulberries, prpt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto u 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. ..... 00to 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages,pr do.o oto 0 0 LAW INT: .This Day. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) KNOX V. MEE. ' The hearing of this case, which was adjourned on Satur day last, when the evidence for the plaintiff was concluded, was resumed to-day. It will be remembered that the suit was instituted by the plaintiff, a minister in the Catholic Church, and a member of the Oratory at Brompton, to establish the validity of the will of the late Rev. Mr. Hutchinson, a convert to the Catholic Church, and also a member of .he Oratory, which was disputed by Dr. Alfred Smee, his brother in-law, on the ground of incapacity, undue influence, and control. Dr. Deane opened the defendant's case. He said he had no objection to the general history given by counsel on the other side of the life and career of the deceased, but there were same circumstances which had not been developed. In the that place it appeared that the deceased had been in the dace of a conveyancer. He then went to Cambridge, and removed from Magdalen Hall to Trinity College, which showed at least a vacillation in his mind. The learned counsel then read a letter addressed to the sister or the deceased's sister, Mrs. Smee, from Birmingham, in Dec., 1845, in which he said ho met Dr, Smee, whom he felt compelled to " cut " in consequence of his persistently following him, and endeavouring to prevent his entering the Catholic Church, and he said it was useless for him to " dog" his footsteps. He also stated that he wit nessed the deathbeds of two Catholics, and in the one case extreme unction was administered, which tended to confirm his sentiments in favour of the Catholic Church. He alluded also to the Sisters of Mercy, and the reverential de portment of the Catholic children in schools to their clergy men, and described the ceremonies of the Catholics as beautiful and affecting. The letter referred to the defendant in terms of dislike for having "bored him with burr-like obsti nacy." The learned doctor then proceeded to deal with the pleas, and said, with regard to the plea of non-execution, it was me , ely a formal one, but on the present occasion there was sufficient to justify that plea in the case before the court. There was beyond all doubt an erasure, and the codicil was neither in the hand of the deceased or a lawyer, and so there was a fair question opened as to how the codicil was drawn. But, under all the circumstances of the case, he could not contend that the will and codicil had not been duly executed. On the plea of incapacity, there appeared un mistakable evidence that it was thought reasonable to have medical testimony of the state of mind of testator ready at hand. Now that evidence was curious and contradictory, as medical evidence always was. Dr. Tegert, who saw the testator on his complaining of illness, said he complained of pressure near the top of the spine, but not affecting the brain. The most important point of that gentleman's evi dence was that he was of opiuion that there was extensive derangement of the nervous system. The late Dr. Todd also saw him in company with Dr. Barkley, and he was of opinion that he was then suffering from paralysis, in consequence of a tumour at the base of the brain, which affected the whole spinal sy stem. The evi dence given by the plaintiff with regard to the property of the deceased showed that there was great confusion in his mind, and all his writing from that period showed that he had become a religious enthusiast; but in deed from 1846 it was evident that he had determined to give up everything to obedience, as that appeared to be his governing sense, and affected all his actions, That the testator's mental capacity sas most disordered. and that he was labouring under considerable confusion of thought,was evident, because on the defendant seeing him the testator told him that he had received extreme unction, when it had been deposed to in evidence that such religious rite had never been administered. He could only say that Dr. Smee was animated but by one desire, and that was to ascertain whether his relative was in the possession of those faculties with which, in the disposal of his property, the law required. The learned counsel then called Mr. Alfred Smee, who said—l am a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and have extensive practice in medical examinations. My brother-in-law, the testator, while he was a student of Lincoln's-inn, lived with me on the most affectionate terms. In 1845 my wife received a letter from Mr. Hutchinson, from Cambridge, and I went down and talked to him relative as to his expressed intention of changing his religion. I spoke to him about it, but he refused to alter his determination. I next saw him at the bishop's house at Birmingham. 1 tried to dissuade him from his change of faith, but it was useless. At this time he said obedience was a paramount duty, and above all things. Truth he considered second to obedience. He resided, in July, 1846, at my house before he openly entered the Catholic Church, but after that his visits became less frequent. In 1857 I met him in Dolland's shop in St. Paul's Church-yard. He appeared very unwell. I asked him how he was, when he said he was going to Syria in a short time. I asked him if he was going without seeing his sister, but shortly after he called at my house, and then I observed that he had great difficulty in swallowing. In March, 1857, I became convinc.2cl there was organic disease of the brain. While in Syria ho wrote frequently to us deserbing the interesting places with great minuteness. I saw him in 186) at the Oratory. He showed me all over the building, and then I noticed another very peculiar circumstance. I noticed that he rolled on one side, which was a visible proof that he was then suffering in a fatal form from paralysis. Between February and Septem ber in 1860 he ceased all visits to us, and Mrs. Smee re• fused to take a continental tour until she knew the state of her brother. I went to Sydenham, bat after some difficulty I learnt that ho was about to go out for a ride in a carriage. I waited about, as I was refused admission. r wished to see how he sat in the car riage. He sat, as 1 may say, all in a bunch. I watched him get out, and as he walked up the gravel walk, he appeared in a very enfeebled state. I went up, to him and asked him how ho was, but he said he could not then be troubled, as he had received extreme unction. I asked him to see his sister, and he said he could not, as the holy father was there. He appeared altogether in a stupid state. The Judge Ordinary—Did he leave you to conclude that his mind was affected. Witness—Yes. The Judge Ordinary—So far as he spoke, he spoke sen sibly. Witness—Yes. Examination continued—There was no trouble in seeing him after October, 1861. He appeared to have undergone a thorough change. He appeared delighted at everything we did, and took pleasure in all things, but the disease seemed to have taken possession of the voluntary muscles of the body. In 1862 I saw him. He was then very ill, and he told me he must die, and that he had extreme unc tion. 1 never spoke to him about his will or his money in my life. He once wished to send my son to Eton, but I refused, and told him he ought to marry and become the head of a family. On the Sunday the testator died I went to the Oratory, and when I found my relative dead I said, as re presentative of the next of kin, I would undertake the arrangements of the funeral without there was a will. After s ome troublesome inquiries o n my part, I was informed there was a will, and that the Rev. Mr. Knox was the exe. tutor. Cross-examined by Mr. K arslake—l saw the testator in 1857 at Hastings. In 18 , 58 he was again there, but although he took his meals with us he slept at an hotel, I formed my opinion that ho was labouring under a fatal form of paralysis in March, 1857, but in September, 1860, I did not think he was much worse, but the symptoms under which he was suffering seemed to confirm my fcrmer opinion. I attended Mr. Hutchinson's funeral, and afterwards I published a correspondence in which there was a sentence that my relative's name had been altered so that his friends would not know biol. I never sent a letter to the Duke of Norfolk, but I wrote a public appeal to the Duchess of Norfolk, which I published in the columns of the Morning Acker. tiier. Miss Smee—l am the daughter of the last witness. I saw the testator when he returned from Syria. It was at St. Leonards. I noticed he had a difficulty in swallowing, but his voice was much altered. I didsee him in 1859. In September, MO, I went to visit him at St. Mary's, Syden ham. I was struck with his feeble manner. When I went into the room he was sitting in an easy chair, but on rising he had to hold by a table to steady himself. He appeared averse to all conversation. Formerly he was very talkative. My mother attempted to draw him into conversation, but it altogether failed, as he answered merely " Yes" or " No." His eyesight was very defective, as he mistook the bugle ornaments on my mother's shawl for water. I saw him again in 1862. He visited us at our country-house at Cashalton. He seemee very much better in mind, but he was still very feeble. Ho could walk but very little, and that only by staggering along, When I saw him at the Oratory he did not walk at all. Cross-examined by Mr. Karslake—My uncle came three times to Cashalton, and on each occasion ho remained the day. My brother did not return home on purpose to see my uncle. My brother returned with my uncle on two occasions of his visit, and my father returned with him the other. Dr. Erasmus 'Wilson said—l was acquainted with Mr, Hutchinson, the deceased. I attended him professional:y in November, 1856. He came on that occasion to see me. Ho was then very much exhausted and debilitated, He was very hoarse, and spoke with great difficulty. I found tho cause was paralysis. One•half of the tongue was smaller than the other, and when he put it out it was drawn on one side by the muscles of the second half. There was loss of control over the tongue that was evidence of paralysis which must have been quite recent. The exterior of the mouth was not atlected. I saw him frequently in 1856-7, during which time the disease got rapidly worse. I re- commended him to abstain from mental anxiety, and to seek a more genial climate than England. I saw him on his return. He was better in health, but the paralysis had increased. I referred the paralysis to the exertions he had undergone. It is perfectly possible that a person may suffer from paralysis without its affecting the brain, but, on the other hand, the whole nervous system might be affected, including the brain. That which I eaw in 1858 might have been the beginning of that which Miss Smee described in her evidence. There is nothing inconsistent with the disease under which he was labour- ing !n the fact of his walking six or Bev° miles. 12 Dr. Bennett said—l am a physician, residing at Fins- WESTMINSTER. ILL-REQUITED SOLICITUDE.—EIizabeth Driscoll and Elizabeth Beat, the former of whom bad a child three years old with her, were charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Gun Tavern, Lupus• street, Pimlico. George Everest, 76 B, said that, at 8 o'clock last night, he found the defendants outside the tavern in question making a disturbance. Ile requested them to go away, but they refused, and as some persons collected he found it necessary to take them to the station. Driscoll, in defence, said that it all arose out of the shameful conduct of the barman. She and her friend went into the house to have a pint of beer, when she sat her little girl upon the counter because it was tired, when the barman found great fault, and insisted upon her taking it down. She objected, and, words ensuing, she and her friend were put out of the house, and then taken by the policeman. _ Mr. Selfe—The counter of a tavern does not sewn to me to be a very proper place to Beat a chilli. Driscoll--The poor dear was tired, and, I am sure, could do no harm. Mr. Selfe called the barman, who said he certainly had spoken to Driscoll about seating her child upon the counter, and he thought she had behaved very ill about it as he did it from kindness. Selfe—liow was that ? Berman—Well, your worship, it is a metal counter, and you may observe the child's clothes are very short, and I thought it would be very cold and very unpleasant to the poor little thing to sit there, and so I told the mother, when instead of thanking me for my kindness she took offence, and told me she had a right to do as she liked with her own. Then they went out and made a disturbance. Mr. Selfe—Well, it appears all to have arisen from an unpleasant mistake of your wishing the ohild taken from the counter. The defendants are discharged. THAMES. THE QUEEN OF THE TARTAES.—VIOLENT ASSAULT IN IHE COURT.—Ann Walker, aged, 38, a turbulent, drunken, and ferocious woman, who has been frequently in custody, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting her husband, Thomas Walker, a labourer, in the service of the Trinity-house, Corporation; and also assaulting Thomas Bogg, 508 K, and George Syer, 481 A. The complainant Walker said his wife instead of being a comfort to him was the bane of his life. She was an incorrigible drunkard. She had continually robbed her children of things he brought home to make them com fortable, and spent the proceeds in gin and beer. Last night she was again drunk, and made a disturbance in New Gravel-lane, Shadwell. She abused him and called him fearful names, because ho would not give her money. She then assaulted him and struck him several times. She had been in the practice of stripping his home and rais ing money on his property to purchase liquors, and did not care what weapon she used in her drunken fits. He was in danger of his life, and begged of tho magistrate to protect him. Two police constables deposed to the violence of the pri soner, her droadful imprecations and blasphemy last night, and the assaults upon them. She struck one of them (Syer, 431 A) on the mouth with her fist in the station-house, and caused it to bleed copiously. The prisoner, in defence, called her husband a vagabond, wretch, thief, and other names, and said, " I'll pay you out." She then advanced to the end of the dock and threw a thick slice of bread and butter at her husband, and said, " Take that, you I'll murder you, I will." The bread, which was flung with great force, struck the man on the left eye. He staggered from the effects of the blow, and immediately his ey© was much inflamed. The bread was hard and stale. The prisoner's husband was again sworn, and deposed to the new assault, which every one in court witnessed. Mr. Partridge asked the man how long he had been married to the prisoner. Witness—l was married to her one week before the Queen was married. Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was a bad, violent, and disgraceful woman, and had sold her own child's clothes for liquor—in fact, spending all She could in drink. He sentenced her to two months' imprisonment and hard labour for the assault on her husband, one month for the assault on Bogg, and ono month for the assault on Syer—in all four months' imprisonment. The prisoner gave utterance to au oath, and said to her husband, " Now, you -, yea aro satisfied, I know:' SHIPPING - THIS DAY. LONDON, April 30.—Wind this day at noon—Wost ; moderate breeza and cloudy. CARDIFF, April 29,—Wriud N.W.—Arrived—Tencriffe, from Bilboa. OFF FALMOUTH, April 29.—Wind E.—Arrived—lte• nown, from Calcutta. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GUAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, April 30. —Alice Holden, from Tobago—Merle, from Dominica—John Brown, from Memel—Jessie, from Port Kunda—Newcastle, from Calcutta—Union Grave, from Wismar—Castor and Anne Mergreta, from Gothen burg—Speculation, from Oscarhamn. Sailed—Kelpie, for Bathurst—Selhie, Edmund Cooper, and Northern Outfall, for Odessa—Alexandrina, for St. Helena—Stadt Dordt, steamer, for Dordt—Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning, Passed.—Caroline Sanity, of Co r lchester-ILavinia, - of Rochester--Titzah, of Shields—all from the West, ior the North—Adamant, from Adelaide, for London. Anchored,--Day Star, from Alexandria, for Dover. SHAKSPERE A Fox-HUNTER.--Sporting journalti claim Shakapere to have been a keen fox-hunter I VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 5 0 to 6 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 10 to 1 3 64d ditto 0 0 so 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 0 to 0 0 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 6 to 2 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 45 0 to 90 0 New ditto, pr pt 1 0 to 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6 to 2 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 0 to 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 0 to 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 9 to 0 New 1)o., dz bun o 6 to 1 0 Spinach 0 8 to 0 10 Brussels sprouts 1 9 to 2 15, Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 6to 1 2 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 4to 0 6 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chilies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 9 oto 1 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 8s Od; geese, Os Od to Os Od each; goslings, 5s to 8s Od; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od; ducklings, 4s Od to Os 6d; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., is to Os Od ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each ; Surrey fowls, 10s Od to 16s 04; chickens, 8s Od to 108 Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od; 'capons, Os Od; hares, 2s Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to 3s 6d; snipes, 04 to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, is Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os 9d to 10d each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, Os ltd to is Id ; English, is id to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; French do., os al to 6s 6d per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os al to Os Od. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 9d to 2s 9d ; trout, Od to Os; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, is Od to 18s ; cod, 28 Od to 5s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s 0(1 ; mullets, Os Gd to is 6d; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, Gd to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, 18s to 241 ; natives, als to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to ss; hadlocks, Ss to 128 ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, —s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 88 per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, 01 Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2a 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 30 8d to 4s 8d lamb, be 8d to de 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 38 01 to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 3d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 58 8d to 68 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4a 8d ; and pork, 3s Od to 4s 44 per B.bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 74 , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2,a01 to 3d ' • 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, lOs Od to lls Od ,• calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 8s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; calf. breds, lls Od to 14s Od ; Downs, 9s 6d to lls 6d; lamts, 2s 9d to 4s 3d; sheailings, is 9d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—;Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 158 Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 los per load. Trade Plow. CUMBERLAND.—Mettiow hay, £3 Os to £4lss Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 153 Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 158 per load. Trade steady. WHITEOWAYEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lsa ; clover £4 Os to £5 16s Od ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 16s per load. A moderate demand. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOIL THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Ettilways. 1864. 1863. £ Z 2,024 2.069 Belfast and N. Counties 136 Belfast and County Down 49 Blyth and Tyne . 28 Bristol and Exeter l2ll Caledonian '765 651 2,059 2,517 6,292 6,652 18,014 16,140 262 314 3 8 344 Cockermoutli& Workington Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage... 61 Cork and Yong - hal Cornwall J GSI Deeside l7 Dublin & Belfast J unction 63 Dublin and Drogheda 76 Dublin and Meath 1211 245 147 104 452 412 1,865 1,562 Dub. & Wicklow and Weittd 9l* Edinburgh and Glasgow 173 Furness, &o 5O Glasgow & South-Western l9B Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union 863 Great Northern 353 Great North of Scotland 6B tit. Nortlin. & Westn. (Irel.) 7l Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlml) 873 Great Western lO5Bl Inverness & Aberdeen Juno BBl Inverness & Perth Janction 1191 Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 Limerick and Ennis.. 18 104 5) 198 663 Limerick and Foynes 26. Llanelly 46, London St North-Western 122 , London and Blackwall 6, London St. South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261! London, Chatham, .1; Dover 721 Do. Metropolitan Extension 10, Han.,Sheffield. Lincolnsh Mauch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9: Ilaryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) MI Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 259, Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. St Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee 71! 82to 10561 861 ... 414 N-Eastern and Stock. SI DarL 1095 North London 9 410é 1079! 9 264 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton.. Rhymney l9i St. Helen's Canal & Railway O2 Scottish Central . B9 Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset O6 South Devon South-Eastern BO6 Taff Vale 57 2. , 0 305 1,3 '2 1,386 1.010 1.511 21! 177 2,410 1,774 8,003 7.703 3,331 2,867 8,030 8,316 30,;05 29,1.7 31,5 3 20,160 1,718 2.001 138 39& 75* 808 Ulster 105} Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 321 105 i 10 251 31 Wateriord and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 571 571 9,587 9,280 61, 0') 67.664 1,273 1,405 1,3a1 — 1,h09 1,060 37,320 32,080 156 152 116 159 W. Haztlepool II arbr.& Rai 1 112 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 Whitehaven J unction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. _ Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B 684 601 99,527 90,937 1,882 1,741 22,149 21,664 19,212 17,395 4,111 3 426 1,45) 400 15,053 15,614 1,362 1,208 1,552 1.259 2,1u2 3,941 45,428 41,203 6,016 6,472 1,688 1.460 2,791 2,718 Idahia and San Francisco 761 Belgian Eastern Junction 26 Bombay, Baroda, & ('en. India 165 Bud'alo and Lake Huron l6l Detroit and Milwatikie lB9 Dutch Rhenish 13,123 12.220 58.'480 52,779 3,545 3,,69 8,815 8.001 1,105 1,097 I«i►stern Bengal Eastum of France 1135 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9 O. Great Indian Peninsula 553 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras - 876 . 874 2,3''.7 2.091 5,400 6,033 5,040 6,034 Madrid, Saragossa &Clean t 650 Northern of Canada 94 Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. 4B; 671 '569 3.865 1,636 19,680 18,567 5,615 5,552 2,613 2,:377 Paris, Lyons, & Meditcrrn 1805 Paris and Orleans l6l+ Pernambuco 77a 48 1713 1494 Royal Daniql. Sainbre and Meuse 6B South Austrian Bouthern of France .... 770 Victorian 196 Welland .... 25 West Flanders 75 W. and N.W. of France. 932 1468 680 196 .154 179 2,714 LIM - 416 358 1.182 1,2 5 bBB 731 4.266 4.007 808 713 1,070 800 1,055 850 1,312 1,164 29,160 22,492 476 - 335 285 3,261 2,390 2,102 1.826 4,675 3,536 4,577 3.969 1,687 1,318 62,732 57,3 , 57 26,6 , 5 19,981 19,053 14,8 8 12,012 8,657 4,4'5 4,971 406 487 14,90! 13,5t9 4,717 4091 18,059 17,641 4719 1,847 818 A 133,934 131,214 66,885 66,161 1,252 1,192 1,422 1,451 52,783 47,6.7 28,210 33,690 10,358 8,880 1,077 983 45.948 42,022 THE DEATH OF MR. J. G. EDGAR, an author whose name is well-known to boys of tho present generation, is announced in the London Review to-day. His " Crusades and Crusaders," " Wars of the Roses," " History for Boys," and similar works, were published by the late Mr. David Bogue, and had a large circulation amongst juveniles. Mr. Edgar, who was a genial, kindly alaL, was only in his thirty-seventh year. THE RIGHT HON. JAMES WILSON'S STATUE.— Lord Palmerston has announced his intention of subscribing to the fund for the erection of a statue of the late Mr,Jawe3 Wilson, financial minister of India. SUICIDE OF SIR THOMAS FITZGERALD.—We understand that letters have been received in town stating that at an early hour on Wednesday morning Sir Thomas Fitzgerald committed suicide by drowning himself in the river Suir, adjacent to his residence at Golden h ills, near the village of Golden, county Tipperary. Sir Thomas, who was the son of Sir John Judkin Fitzgerald, held the commission of the peace, and was the grand juror of the country. lle was in the prime of life and of prepossessing appearance.—Dublin Post. - - LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday---Royal Institution, at 2, Anniversary ; Asiatic, at 3 ; Entomological, at 7 ; Ar chitects, at 8, Annual General. Tuesday—horticultural, at 3, "Cool Orchids," Mr. Bateman; Anthropological, at 8, " Palleography of the New World," Mr. Bollaert ; " Health of British Troops," Mr. Bendyshe ; Photographic, at 8, Engineers, at 8, "Manufacture of Coke," M. Pernolet ; Royal Institution, at 3, " Animal Life," Professor Marshall. Wednesday—Society of Literature, at 8f ; Society of Arts, at 8. Thursday—Antiquaries, at 8 ; Linnean, at S ; Royal Institution, at 3, " Music, 1600-1750," Professor Hullah ; Chemical at 8, " Organic Peroxides Theoretically Con sidered," Sir B. Brodie. Friday—Archaeological Institute, at 4 ; Philological, at 8; Royal Institution, at 8, "Indium," Professor Roscoe. Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3, " Metallic Elements," Professor Prankland,--ilthen(ston. 1664. 1863. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. FRIDAY. A return of summer weather of the Two Thousand day, on this, tho last day of th e Fi rs t Spring Meeti ng, was de cidedly preferable to the cold easterly winds of Thursday, and though the card was devoid o f any interestivs feature the majority of the company remained to the end of the racing, and the final day showed a less falling off than usual. Seven items comprised the programme for the day, the largest number coloured being 11. The sport commenced at 11.45, when throe competitors went for the four-yr-old Sweepstakes, which finished at the top:of the town. Stra della, recently arrived from France after running second to Dollar, was favourite, but like must of the French " pots" she disappointed her supporters, and Wingrave with a 71b penalty making all the running, won iu such easy style as to warrant " the Baron" in refusing to allow him to run under the provisions of the £2,000 claim. The Ma caroni stable proved so completely out of " form" that, after Touch and -Go was so ignominously beaten by Act wen in the succeeding race, 15 to 1 was laid against Coast Guard for the Derby. The Newmarket Stakes brought only four of the five coloured from the 29 subscribers. Claremont arid Balornock were nearly equal favourites at the opening of the betting, but at the close the Whitewall representative was decidedly favourite ; and although he won very easily, 1000 to 15 was offered.against him for the Derby after the race. The largest field of the day, seven, ran in the succeeding race, the Rowley Mile Handicap Plate, made overnight, for which Redcap was elected favourite, and he was only beaten a short head from the " dead heaters," Principal and Oberon. The Sweep stakes on the T.Y.O for 2-yr-olds proved the " good thing" it was thought for Le Mexicane; but the public having touched "pitch" eo frequently left the French pecq. le to support their own horse. Antoinette, whose stable was re presented by Dolphin, was the only absentee for the three and four-year-old Sweeptakes, which consequently had five runners, and was won cleverly by the outsider, Quarantine. Coeur de Lion, the non-favourite, cleverly beat Royston, and the racing closed at a few minutes before 3 o'clock by Principal beating Oberon in the deciding heat. The fol lowing are details of the day's running : A Sweepstakes of 100 each, h ft, for four-year- olds and upwards ; certain allowances ; the winner to be sold for £2,000, or to carry 71b extra. DI., 2 miles 119 yards. 6 subs. Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 5 yrs, 9st 41b (in. 71b ex) (Wells) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Stradella, 6 yrs, Bst 111 b . Edwards) 2 Mr Naylor's Isoline, 4 yrs, Bst (A (Challoner) 3 Betting—Even on Stradella, 5 to 2 agat Wingrave, 100 to 30 agst Isoline. Wingrave made play, Isoline holding second place until ascending the hill half a mile from home, when she was beaten, and Stradella, approaching the cords, made her effort to reach Wingrave, but never getting up, was beaten easily by three lengths; two lengths separated the second and third. A Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft ; 4- yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. T.M,M., 1 mile 7 fur 58 yards. Count Batthyany's Actaeon, 4 yrs, Bst llb (inc 51b ex) (H. Bradley) 1 Mr Naylor's Touch and Go, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Challoner) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Touch and Go, They ran in close company for a mile, after which Actson took a slight lead, and Touch and Go being beaten a quar ter of a mile from the finish, " the Count's" horse drew away and won with consummate ease by twelve lengths. After this race 15 to 1 was laid against Coast Guard for the Derby. The Newmarket Stakes, a subscription of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds, colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 51b, winners extra. D.M., 7 far 210 yds. 29 subs. Mr Bowes's Claremont, Bst 10Ib Mr Night's The Count, Bsl 101 b (Judd) 2 Mr Jaques's Laomedon, Bst 101 b.. (Buwby) 3 Mr W. S. Crawturd's Balornock, Bst 101 b .. (S. Rogers) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Claremont, 2to 1 agst Balornock, 7 to 2 agst The Count, 6 to 1 vac Laomedon. The Count, wide of tho other ithree, made play on the near side, Balornock and Claremont in close company on the judge's side, Laomedon in the middle of the course. They ran together for half a mile, after which Laomedon dropped into the rear, and Balornock shortly afterwards doing likewise, Claremont joined The Count, and an inte resting race ensued up the cords, which resulted in the victory of Claremont by a neck. The other two were beaten off, Balornock being stopped before reaching the post enabled Laomedon again to pass him. After the race 1,000 to 15 was offered apt Claremont for the Derby. A Handicap Plate of 100 soya for 3 yr-olds and upwards. R.M., 1 mile 17 yds. Mr Perry's Principal, 5 yrs, Bst 21b.... (W. Boyce) t 1 Mr Barna's Oberon, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b .. (J. Daley) t Marquis of Hastings' Redcap, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Herbert) 3 The following also ran:—Yamuna, Actium, Roseneath, and Waveney. Betting-5 to 2 agst Redcap, 4to 1 agat Principal, 6to 1 each apt Oberon and Waveney, 7 to 1 apt A.ctsion, 10 to 1 agst Yamuna. Rosenoath made play over the Bushes Hill, followed by Yamuna, Red Cap, Oberon, and Principal. Half a mile from the finish Yamuna and Roseneath were beaten, and Redcap took up the running, followed closely on either side by Principal and Oberon. The three ran a splendid race, which ended in a dead heat with Principal and Oberon, Redcap only being beaten a short head from the pair. The next two were Rosenoath and Wavoney, Ya mune being last. Deciding Heat-5 to 4on Principal, who won by a short head. Factory Girl (late Swift), 4 yrs, 6st 71b, being in the for feit list, was disqualified and not allowed to run for the above plate. A Sweepstakes of 10 Km each, for two and three-yr olds ; certain allowances; the winner to be sold for 50 soya if demanded, ke. T.Y.C,, 5 fur. 140 yards. 5 subs. Count F. do Lagrange's Le Mexicana (bred in France), 2 yrs, 6st 101 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Perry's Whisky, 2 yrs, fist 101 b Mr Manning's Villeggiatura, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Custance) 3 Mr Bartholomew's Hassock, 2 yrs, 6st 7th .. (G. Sayers) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Le Mexicane, 6to 2 apt Whisky, 7 to 2 apt Villeggiatura, 7 to 1 agst Hassock. They ran in a line for a quarter of a mile, when Hassock dropped away beaten, and shortly afterwards Villeggiatura also disappeared from the front, and Le Mexieane, waiting on Whisky to a distance from the judge, came away and won by two lengths ; a bad third. The winner was claimed by Mr Perry, and Whisky was claimed by Mr Manning. A handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C., 6 fur. 140 yards. 7 subs. Mr Naylor's Quarantine, 3 yrs. 7st 71b (A. Woodhouse) 1 Mr H. Joice's Dolphin, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Mr Savile's Clairvoyance, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Morgan) 3 Count Batthyany's Lady Maud, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Loates) 4 Mr Perry's Goldylocks, 3 yrs, Est 61b (W. Boyce) 5 Betting-2 to 1 each agst Dolphin and Lady Maud (at first 6 to 4 was taken about the latter), 6 to 1 agst Goldy locks, 6 to 1 apt Clairvoyante. Lady Maud led for a short distance, but before reaching the cords she and Goldylocks were beaten, and Quarantine having the best of the finish won by three-quarters of a length; half a length dividing the second and third; the other two beaten off, A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winner to be sold for 100 soya, with selling allowances. T.Y.C., 5 fur. 440 yards. 4 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Coeur de Lion, 3 yrs (£253, 7st 10lb (Morgan) 1 Mr IV. Bevill's Royston, 3 yrs (£25), 7st 10Ib (H. Griraohstw) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Royston, who ran in close company with Coeur de Lion into the cords, whore he gave way, and was beaten by a length. MATCH-200, h ft. Ab. M. Mr Craven's Young Rapid, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b Received forfeit Mr Payue's Birkenhead, 3 yrs, Bat 31b.... Paid CHELTENHAM STEEPLECHASES—FRIaay. The Southern Plate (Handicap) of 30 nova, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; the winner to be sold for 60 cove, &c.; winners extra. 3 miles over the country. Mr F. Jacobs's Maid of Perth, 9st 12Ib (Knott.) 1 Mr H. Formly's Miss Laurie, 6 yrs, 10st .. (Page) 2 The following also ran :—Light of Other Days, Lady Lovell, Brian Borhoimo, and Hinds. Betting-2 to 1 agst Light of Other Days, 3to 1 agst Maid of Perth, 4 to 1 agst Hinda, 5 to 1 agst Miss Laurie. Won by ten lengtits ; only two passed tho post. The winner was bought in. The Farmers' Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 25 added ; for hunters; 12at each. winners extra; gentlemen riders; jockeys 71b extra. Three miles, over the Steeple•• chase Course. Mr L, Cornock's The Berkeley Hunt, aged, 12st 71b (Grace) 1 Mr Henry's Unprotected Female, aged, 13st 71b (Mr Wood) 2 Mr Stratton's La Bello Noisette, aged, 12st (Mr Wentworth) 3 The following also ran : Walton Lass, Auctioneer, Downton, Merry Maid, and Electra. Betting-6 to 4 agst Merry Maid, 4to 1 agst Downton, 5 to 1 agst Electra and La Belle Noisotto, Won by two lengths—four lengths between second and third, The winner was objected to on the ground of a cross. The Prince of Wales's Steeplechase (Handicap) of 100 sow.; winners extra. Three miles over the Steeplechase Course. Mr Bidgood's Rattlesnake, 3 yrs, lOst 121 b (Owner) 1 Captain C. 11. Tempest's Merrimac, lOst 121 b ..(Knott) 2 Mr Rich's Ladbrooke Lass, lOst Blb (Page) 3 Mr Adams's Chanicde, 6 yrs, 12st Glb (O. Holman) 4 Mr Chapman's Harkaway, aged, lOst 121 b (Mr. F. Lotan) 5 Mr F. Rowland's Medora, aged list 11lb (Reeves) 6 Mt H. Melville's Acton, lOst 61b (J. Holman) 7 Switch also ran. Betting—Even on Merrimac, 3 to 1 agst Switch, 6 to 1 agst Chamade, 10 to 1 each agst,Medora and Rattlesnake. Won by a neck—a bad third. The Consolation Scramble of 1 soy each, with 30 added, SECOND EMIoN. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK, PRUSSIA . BERLIN 29, The Prussian .Moniteur announces that General Raven has died from the wounds received at the assault of Dupp2l. The Kreutz Zeitung states that the Danish General Ilegermann, Commander•in. Chief of the troops in Jutland, hes now withdrawn beyond Lunpfiord without accepting battle. The North German Gazette mentions, on the authority of Stockholm journals, that the concentrations of Swedish troops ordered reeently have been suspended. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Da• CITY BETTING.—This DAY. CHESTER CUP. sto 1 agst Accident (taken) 7to 1 agst Gordian Knot (taken) 15 to 2 aget Hersey filly (taken) 9 to 1 agst Change (taken) 100 to 8 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 100 to 7 aget Little Stag (taken) 100 to 7 agst Oldminster (taken) 100 to 7 aget Muezzin (taken) 100 to 7 agst Bacchus (taken) 30 to 1 agst Welcome (taken) 30 to 1 apt Earl of Surrey (taken) 40 to 1 aget Rose (taken) LONDON GAZE T TB. —L ast Evening, The Gagate of this evening contains a number of pro. motions and alterations of rank amongst the officers of the Staff and of her Majesty's Indian forces. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial portance in the Gazette : William Nash, baker, Merton, Surrey Thomas Holloway, publican, Cross-lane, St. Giles Emma Bowden, licensed victualler, Covent-garden William Anderson, ship plumber, Ratcliffe Charles Burtwell, plumber, Old Kent-road Frederick Stanhope, stationer, Homerton Henry Fletcher, commission agent, Cheapsido Frederick Gibson, baker, Old Ford Robert J. Leeds, timber merchant, New Charlton Godfrey C. Dohoo, transfer agent, Cannon-street, City William J. Bowen, builder, Bethnal-green Wm. Bradbury, baker, Bicester Robert Shears, fishmonger, Richmond James La Pla t tailor, Wisbeach' William Sutton, printer. Fetter-lane John Rumney, tailor, Upper Clapton George Smyth, farmer, Brandeston, Suffolk Josiah Oates, broker, Dewsbury William Scarlett, chemist, Hanley Wm. Drake, mineral merchant. Sheffield Henry Steel. beerseller, Commercial-road, Middlesex. Richard Henry Hotham, surgeon, Thames Ditton. John Barker, coachbuilder, Howden, Yorkshire James Scarborough, gaefitter, Birkenhead Joseph Cookson, publican, Hoylake, Cheshire , . BANKRUPTCY ANNU LLED. Wilson Hartley, licensed victualler, Old Accrington SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Ritchie, baker, Glasgow Alexander Rennie, slattr, Aberdeen Alexander Macfarlane, Tornhill, near Falkirk Alexander M. Buchanan, warehouseman, Glasgow Course of the Exchange.—Testerclay. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19i Antwerp • • 25 57} Brussels — 25 57} Hamburgh — 13 9 Paris .. Short. 25 20 Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 621 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine .... 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin 11 17i 12 01 12 ot 25 62i 25 62i 13 9t 25 25 25 07} 25 70 119- 11 90 11 90 33i Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo _ _ 25 62i 2.5 65 25 65 25 67i 25 65 2-5 70 25 70 25 70 25 72j 25 id Messina — 25 65 25 70 Lisbon —51 k Dporto...- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 & Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May ,13, Arazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 22. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 2. via Marseilles May 2. Falkland Islands •• Gibraltar, via Southampton .. May 2. India (Calcutta), and C e ylo n , v i a S ou th ampton May 2. via Marseilles May 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles May 6. Portugal.... May 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 2. via Marseilles May 2 Newfoundland ..May.ll. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... May 6. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. May 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. May —. Bahamas, via New York ....May 6. Mexico.. AlCaliforl parts nia. an of Wedst British Indies, including . Chili, Peru, } „.. . may —. REPRESENTATION OF ►STOCKPOET.—Sir Joshua Walmsley is spoken of as a candidate for the borough of Stockport, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Kershaw, M.P. The number of electors is about 1,450, and at the general election of 1859 the numbers stood as follows : —Mr. Kershaw, 769; Mr. J. B. Smith, 641; Mr. W. Gibb, 594, COMMITTEE ON THE NEW METROPOLITAN RAIL 4 WAYS.—Yesterday in the committee on the metropolitan railways the case of the London and South-Western Rail way Company's proposed extensions to Battersea, and for other purposes, was further considered, Mr. Scott, the traffic manager, being the principal witness examined. Thereafter Mr. Carter, the solicitor, and Mr. Cawkwell, the general manager of the London and North-Western Railway, were examined for the West London Railway Company's opposition, which relates prinoipally to junctions and agreements. THE YELVERTON CASE.—The case for the respen. dent (the Hon. Mrs. Thersea Longworth or Yelvor ton) was deposited on Thursday in the House of Lords. It is understood that the case will bo upon the paper for hear ing on Thursday, the bth of May. The counsel engaged for the appellant (Major Yelverton) are—Sir Hugh Cairns, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Anderson, Q, C., and Mr. John Millar, advo eNte, Masan. Sang and Adam, S.S.C„ of Edinburgh, and Tipp;tts and Son, of London—solicitors. The counsel for Mrs. Yelverton are—the Lord• Advocate of Scotland, the Attorney-G;meral of England (Sir Roundell Palmer), the Judge-Advocate of England (Dr. Phillimore), Mr. White. side, of the Irish Bar, and Mr. J. Campbell Smith, of the Scotch Bar; solicitors, Mr. James Somerville, of Edin burgh, and Messrs. Simeon, Trail, and Wakeford, of West. miuder. THE MERSEY RAMS.—LIVERPOOL, April 29. Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone, of Liverpool, h ave re ceived a telegram stating that the commissio n has been executed in Egypt, and that the commissioners will reach London on the 7th May. The trial will therefore certainly take plane on the 29th. TUE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—..WO are so rry to hear that tho Duke of Newcastle was taken with alarming symptoms on Thursday. His Grace passed a bad night, and was no better yesterday. ANOTHER PROFANITY.—Reran i s b u sy with it Life of St. Paul, "the founder of ChrirthualtY'"-2741 Reader. WHAT IS A "MIDDLE-AGED MO ?”—A friend of Mr. Childero is quit e angry w ith us for calling him a middle-aged man. li e i s, he says, only thirty-eiz. We thought he had been four years older, and readily ad mit that in the present House of Commons, filled as it is with old and middle-aged notabilities, a man of thirty-six is really youthful, lie is only thirteen years older than. Pitt when he became Premier. Mr. Childers was returned. for Pontefract without opposition, and made a quiet, sensible speech, in whi c h h e said th a t the Government till a very little while a go did not k n ow whom it had for friends on the Continent, b u t h e h ope d "prospects were brightening," for " we certainly knew that between this country and Prance the same good fading exists as heretofore."—Sptetator. THE D UKE OF SUTHERLAND'S CARRIAGE, in. which General Garibaldi entered London, is said to have been rendered on that occasion little better than a wreck. The spokes are shattered, the sides loosened, the linings torn and spoiled, the box nearly and the rumble quite broken from the body. It is a wonder how it reached Sutherland House. Mr. FECHTER recently sent £lO3 to Mr. Jessop, Mayor of Sheffield, for the sufferers by the Sheffield disas. ter, the profits of the benefit given by him, in their behalf, at the Lyceum Theatre. llst -.......................... t wo miles, was won by Mr Bygood's Bridegroom, (Knott), beating Ocean Witch. list 21b (eves), second; Hinda, 10st (C. Bayce), third ; Globule, l is t 21b (G. Ho, man; Cumberland, 60st 71b, and Gaylad, 10st 21b. Betting-6 to 4on Ocean Witch, 9to 4 eget Bridegroom, 6 to 1 each agst Globule and Hinda. Won by four lengths. 4.16.'